Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Part 8: Understanding how Data Binding Works at Design Time http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/ee80/3731f6be-e9b0-4bf0-903a-9e833ea7ee80/Part8UnderstandingHowDataBindingWorksAtDesignTime_220.jpg Channel 9 - Part 8: Understanding how Data Binding Works at Design Time In this lesson we take a short aside and learn about the design time experience in Visual Studio and learn how it is able to render sample data.  This gives us insights into binding syntax, data collections, schemas and more. Download the entire series' source code en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:17:56 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:17:56 GMT Rev9 Re: Part 8: Understanding how Data Binding Works at Design Time I used to be able to just detect design-time in the page constructor and hook-up some view models with some fake data. This no longer seems to work; I set the DefaultViewModel but the IDEs still say that there's no DataContext set, but it works at runtime.

I take it something has changed from WP7, SL and WPF. How do we simply add fake values to TextBlock controls? There's no fallback value either.

posted by LukePuplett

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634934990003958344 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:03:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634934990003958344 LukePuplett Re: Part 8: Understanding how Data Binding Works at Design Time P.S. I didn't know about the dark "Blue Thunder" (my name) VS theme until this series, so I'm pleased if I only learned that Wink

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634934991072625357 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:05:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634934991072625357 LukePuplett Re: Part 8: Understanding how Data Binding Works at Design Time @LukePuplett: Hi Luke, I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you here.  I was not aware that anything changed, but I'm definitely not an authority on these matters.  If I come across anything I posted it here.  Sorry!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634939752014016696 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:20:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634939752014016696 BobTabor Re: Part 8: Understanding how Data Binding Works at Design Time posted by Beau

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634969202503685243 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:24:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634969202503685243 Beau Re: Part 8: Understanding how Data Binding Works at Design Time @Beau: Thanks Beau!  Unfortunately I have no coupon codes or anything like that.  There is a sale going on for our 10 years anniversary ... since it will be year 11 here in a few days, I would jump on that quickly.  Smiley  Best wishes!!!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634969781573265419 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:29:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-8-Understanding-how-Data-Binding-Works-at-Design-Time#c634969781573265419 BobTabor